Pixar and Disney’s endearing toon “Wall-E” and Universal’s Angelina Jolie actioner “Wanted” both did socko business at the weekend box office as overall B.O. revenues for the year ran ahead of 2007 levels for the first time in months.

“Wall-E” easily won the weekend in grossing an estimated $62.5 million from 3,992 runs. The R-rated “Wanted” rocketed past expectations in grossing an estimated $51.1 million from 3,175. Each made the record books.

“Wall-E” nabbed the third best opening for a Pixar film after “The Incredibles” ($70.5 million) and “Finding Nemo” ($70.2 million). It is the second best June opening of all time after “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” ($94.7 million). Read more…

Hollywood is full of swollen-lipped actresses, but Jolie has the spirit to match those tire-treads.

She burst out of the gate in 1998’s “Gia,” about the glowering supermodel who embodied a new kind of tough glamour and died of AIDS. I remember her blasting through a scene stark naked - sorry, folks, can’t show it! - and admiring her fearlessness more than her body, which is saying a lot.

But Jolie has so large a presence she doesn’t need to pull out the stops or take off her clothes. She can underplay dryly, toying with lines and co-stars, which is why she was so smashing as a sociopath in “Girl, Interrupted,” devastating fellow patients to keep from turning her acid gaze inward. Read more…

The money shot in “Wanted,” its pièce-de-special-effects-résistance and reason for green-lighted being, appears in the opening minutes of this noisy, ultraviolent shoot-’em-up with Angelina Jolie, her many tattoos and some guys. A man has soared onto the roof of a high-rise where he has laid a handful of others to waste. Suddenly the camera cuts to his face as a bullet exits his forehead in slow motion, his skin stretching forward as the projectile tears through it, going straight for the camera and our already numbed skulls.

Well, that’s one way to get the attention of fickle moviegoers, particularly if, like the director Timur Bekmambetov, you’ve got nothing else going for your big Hollywood debut except Ms. Jolie and a couple of ideas recycled from “The Matrix” and “Fight Club.” Mind you, Ms. Jolie has been perfectly cast as a super-scary, seemingly amoral assassin named (wait for it) Fox. Few American actresses, especially those with such pin-skinny arms, can make beating a guy to the ground look so easy and, yeah, man, like fun. With her mean smiley-sneer and snug clothes, her heels and hieroglyphics, she cuts the kind of disciplinarian figure who can bring antsy boys of all ages to their knees or at least into their theater seats. Read more…

Enter to win passes for yourself and 10 others to the new Angelina Jolie action film “Wanted” in our contest this week.

You and your buddies will have VIP seating at the film, which opens in Philly on June 27. Twenty-five more Daily News readers will win “Wanted” prize packs and passes for two to the screening. Enter by going to http:// contests.philly.com. Read more…

Though Angelina Jolie is soon expecting twins, we snagged a coveted exclusive video interview with the star on the eve of her turn as a sexy assassin in Timur Bekmambetov’s high-octane action flick, Wanted. What are you waiting for?? Watch it now.

If you thought the internet was being saturated by trailers, TV spots, and clips from the upcoming action flick Wanted, then don’t look below because a full 7 minutes from the movie is now online. The clip comes from Film1.nl and shows the opening supermarket brawl and the chase that follows. Check it out below.

Angelina Jolie may be in ultimate ass-kicking mode on the big screen this summer with “Wanted,” but when she spoke with MTV News on the French Riviera, she looked more like the world’s most famous mom-to-be.

Caressing her stomach, she clearly had motherhood on the brain more than her character in the movie, Fox, the assassin-turned-mentor who favors dramatic gravity-defying action over words in what’s sure to be one of this summer’s most memorable action flicks. Still, in this rare interview, Jolie remembered well what drew her to the role as well as why “Wanted” co-star James McAvoy will never compare to a certain former co-star with whom she once tussled.

Angelina Jolie’s babies could arrive earlier than anticipated.

Fueling speculation that Angelina will give birth to her twins much sooner than her expected July due date, the world premiere of her new movie, Wanted, has unexpectedly been canceled.

The world premiere was originally slated to take place tomorrow in London’s Leicester Square. However, Angelina’s costar James McAvoy broke the news — in a post on his official blog — that the premiere has been canceled.

“Sorry to be the bearer of bad news,” the Atonement star wrote.

A rep for the movie also confirmed to Star that the world premiere has been canceled. Read more…

Before the big show on Sunday, we’ll be airing our official Movie Awards preshow beginning live at 7:30pm ET. Beyond talking with the biggest stars around, we’ll also be unveiling a gaggle of exclusive clips from some of the hottest upcoming flicks. We’re thrilled to say that one of these will be a high-powered action scene from “Wanted,” Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy’s super-stylized assassin yarn. Get a sneak peek at the festivities in the video and pics below, and then tune in at 7:30pm ET for the full awesomeness.

I uploaded a video of a “Wanted” featurette done by Empire Online to Angelina Jolie Media.

THOUGH Timur Bekmambetov’s “Wanted ” is still a month away from its theatrical release, a sequel talk on the action film has apparently been done. In the latest report related to the film starring Angelina Jolie, it has been unveiled that two out of four “Wanted” scribblers, Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, have been signed to write down the sequel’s screenplay. In an interview with Pajiba.com, Haas confessed that he and Brandt will once again work with Universal Pictures in providing the studio with script for the follow-up of “Wanted”. “We’re just finishing up a book adaptation for Universal of the James Siegel novel Deceit.
Source: The Post

“Anyone who has ever cruised the floors of a national geek fest better known as “”Comic Con”" can attest to the astonishing levels of adrenaline and exhilaration radiating throughout the convention center–no matter which city it’s held in.

This year’s New York’s Comic Con (NYCC) welcomed an even larger herd of hungry, doe-eyed fans weaving through crowds of costumed fans, caught in a maze of comic book booths, while admiring a variety paraphernalia in forms of gadgets, toys and books. Above all, eager fans lined-up patiently to participate in fully capacitated panels and quick peep of highly anticipated, soon-to-be-released flicks.

One film in particular has caused an interminable buzz: Wanted, which was unbelievably magnified by its sneak peak at NYCC–especially since it stars the indomitable ’sextress’ Angelina Jolie.
Source: New York Post

Ain’t It Cool News has premiered the new Angelina Jolie teaser poster for Universal Pictures’ Wanted, directed by Timur Bekmambetov and co-starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann and Common. Based on Mark Millar’s explosive graphic novel series, the thriller hits theaters on June 27.

You can view the trailer for Angie’s upcoming movie ‘Wanted’ by clicking here.